CHAPTER VII. 



LEAVE JAVA — PASS THE STRAIT OF BALI — UNABLE TO STEM 

 THE CURRENT IN THE STRAIT OF LOMBOCK — DIRTY 



WEATHER ENTER ALASS STRAIT DRIFTED BY THE 



CURRENT — LAND AT SEGAR — BOUNDARY OF TWO DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF COUNTRY — RETURN TO ALASS STRAIT — LAND AT 

 PEJAR — PROCURE REFRESHMENTS — CIVIL TREATMENT OF 

 THE PEOPLE — INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SASSACKS — 

 DUTCH EXPEDITION AGAINST BALI — FRIENDLY TREATMENT 



OF OUR BOAT'S CREW AT LABOAJEE SEE MOUNT TUM- 



BORO — BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF LOMBOCK PEAK. 



We came out of the strait of Madura on the 

 morning of January 12th, 1845, after having stuck 

 in the mud for about an hour, till the tide rose high 

 enough to carry us out. We then dismissed the 

 pilot, and intended to pass into the Indian Ocean 

 through the strait of Bali. In the afternoon it 

 came on to blow hard, with rain, thunder, lightning, 

 and thick weather, so that we were driven past Bali 

 strait during the night, without being able to enter 

 or discern it. 



We then tried the strait of Lombock, the next 

 opening towards the east, which we entered with a 

 fresh breeze at 1 p.m. on January 13th. We 

 rounded the eastern end of the island of Bali pretty 

 closely, and could then see the foot and lower slopes 



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